Window-screen supporter.



E. H. JOURDAN & W. M. YOUNG.

WINDOW SCREEN SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION, FILED JULY 5.1917.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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Application filed July 5, 1917. Serial No. 178,303."

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EMIL H. JoURnAN andWILLIAM M. YOUNG, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, inthe lcounty of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Window-Screen Supporters; and

we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe intvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in windows, andhas for its primary object to provide means for securing a window screenin the window opening.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of windowscreens by means of which the screen is positively held againstdisplacement from the window opening when the holder is in one position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a screen holding deviceby means of which the screen is readily removable from the windowopening as desired.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a window opening showing the positionof the parts when the screen is removed therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1 showing thescreen removed,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and;

Fig. 4 is a detail view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 10designates a window frame, and 11 designates the window screen.

Secured to the opposite sides of the window frame 10 there is a U-shaped metal guide 12 which is rigidly secured to the window frame bymeans of screws or the like 13, and both of said guides have their upperends beveled as at 11 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Theseguide members are of a length substantially equal to half of the windowframe, and are rigidly secured therein. Mounted on the opposite sides ofthe upper portion of the window frame 10 there are two guides 15, theseguides being pivotally secured intermediate of their ends as by thescrews 16.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

The lower end ofeach of these guides is beveled as at 17 to conform tothe beveled end 14 of the guides 12. These guides 15 are ofsubstantially the same shape as the guides 12, and are adapted to be acon tinuation thereof so that they will receive the screen frame in itsvertical sliding movements. By reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen thatone of the lower guide members 12 is provided with a slot 20 and mountedin said slot 20 there is a member 21 which projects into the guidemember 12, and this member 21 is resiliently secured by means of aspring 22 which in turn is rigidly secured as at 23. By this arrangementit will be seen that the screen may be held in adjusted positionthroughout the length of the Window opening, and that if said screenframe engages both the guide membore 12 and guide members 15, the guidemembers 15 will be prevented from moving about the pivotal points 16. Itwill be further noted that when the screen is positioned in the guidemembers 12 the same is securely retained within the window opening.

If, however, it is desired to remove the window screen, the S1I86I1 isreciprocated vertically of the window opening until it is retainedwithin the guide members 15. hen this has been done, it will be seenthat merely by grasping the bottom edge of the screen and pulling thesame inwardly of the window frame, the guide members 15 will rock ontheir pivots 16 until their lower ends move out of alinement with theupper ends of the lower guide members 12 in which position the screenwill be free to be removed from the window opening.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the present invention providesmeans for securing a window screen within a window opening, and at thesame time means is provided by which the screen may be readily removedfrom the window opening when desired.

Having is claimed is,

In combination with a window opening a plurality of oppositely disposedguide members mounted on the inner edges of the lower portion of thewindow opening and rigidly secured thereto, a plurality of oppositelydisposed guide members pivotally carried by the opposite end of theWindow opening, a screen movable longitirdinally of the rigid and thepivoted guide members, and means carried by one of the rigid guidemembers and adapted for engagement With said screen to hold the screenin adj-nted position relative to the Window openin testimony whereof Weaiiix our signa three in the presence of two Witnesses.

MR. EMIL H. JOURDAN. NVILLIAM YOUNG. Witnesses: v

FRANK YOUNG, FRED TURINGER.

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